Daily Dolphin heads to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII

NEW ORLEANS — Greetings from the Big Easy! Your fearless correspondent just landed in New Orleans this morning for a week of “work” (term used loosely) at Super Bowl XLVII between the 49ers and Ravens.

The Big Easy is ready for its first Big Game since Hurricane Katrina

The 49ers got into town last night, and the Ravens arrive today in advance of Sunday’s game. The always unproductive Media Day is Tuesday at the Superdome, with Wednesday through Friday serving as normal practice and media days for the teams.

The fun aspect of this year’s game? Media members are staying at the same hotels as the teams — I’m staying at the Ravens’ hotel, while others are with the 49ers up the street. And both teams are within a Brandon Fields punt of Bourbon Street. So if we have any Eugene Robinson or Barrett Robbins situations this week, there’s no hiding it from the media.

The point of this post? Just wanted to give a fair warning that while we’re always on the news for Dolphins notes and tidbits, we might not have daily Dolphins updates this week. But of course, if anything happens with the team, we’ll be all over it.

And in the meantime, we hope you enjoy our coverage of the Big Game, which you can find this week by clicking HERE. To get you started, here are five key matchups that will likely determine Sunday’s winner.